Awning end wing assembly jig



Jan. 27, 1959 F. H. HUDSON AWNING END WING ASSEMBLY JIG 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 15. 1956 INVENTOR Fbrrest HHud/son/ 0 O O 0 O O Q O O Q 6 O O O O 0 0 Jan. 27, 1959 F. H. HUDSON 2,870,531

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AWNING END WING ASSEMBLY JIG Filed Aug. 15, 1956 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR Jan. 27, 1959 F. H. HUDSON 2,870,531

AWNING END WING ASSEMBLY JIG Filed Aug. 15, 1956 5 Sheets-Shet 4 INVENTOR ATTORNEYJ Jan. 27, 1959 HUDSQN 2,870,531

AWNING END WING ASSEMBLY JIG Filed Aug. 15, 1956 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEYfl United States atent O 2,870,531 AWNING END WING ASSEMBLY no Forrest H. Hudson, Tucker, Ga., assignor to Ray-O-Lite Corporation of America, Atlanta, Ga., a corporation of Georgia Application August 15, 1956, Serial No. 604,135 Claims. (Cl. 29-286) This invention relates to jigs and fixtures for assembling awning side or end wing panels and to a method of assembling such panels.

End wing panels of the type referred to comprise a comparatively n'gid structure of approximately triangular shape. One such panel is placed at each side of the awning with one side lying along the wall of the building and another side lying along a side edge of the awning roof. In order to shield a window or door to which the awning is applied from sunlight and rain while at the same time permitting as much air circulation as practicable, such end wing panels are preferably of the louver type, that is, they comprise a plurality of slats shaped and placed so that the edges of the slats overlap but are spaced from each other. It is also desirable that awning end wings of this type be of substantially rigid construction. To provide such construction, it is desirable that the top and bottom edges of the wing be reinforced with light but strong strips fastened together at the meeting corner, and that the louvered strips extend between these top and bottom strips and be rigidly secured thereto. A desirable form of construction is shown in a copending application filed by Brennen et al., Serial No. 532,222, filed July 20, 1955.

One object of this invention is to provide a novel method of assembling an awning end wing panel of the above general type. Another object is to provide a jig having convenient means for the rapid and accurate assembly of end wing panels of different sizes and shapes.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and from the appended drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a plan view showing an end wing assembly jig made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken substantially along line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 shows a section of molding used to form the top mold of an awning end wing, and Fig. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view of an end portion thereof;

Fig; 7 shows a section of molding used to form the fastener bar of the end wing, and Fig. 8 is a fragmentary enlarged perspective view of an end of the same;

Fig. 9 is a section of molding used to form the bottom mold of the end wing; Fig. 10 illustrates how this is shaped and cut to size, and Fig. 11 shows a fragmentary enlarged perspective view of an end portion of the same;

Fig. 12 shows a plurality of strips of material used to form the louvers of the end wing;

Figs. 13-16 inclusive illustrate the steps of assembling and forming the end wing utilizing the assembly jig of He Fig. 17 is a plan view of a completed end wing;

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Fig. 18 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 18-l8 of Fig. 15;

Fig. 19 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 19--19 of Fig. 16;

Fig. 20 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 2020 of Fig. 13;

Fig. 21 is a perspective view of a completed end Wing;

Fig. 22 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken substantially on line 2222 of Fig. 21;

Fig. 23 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 23-23 of Fig. 21; and

Fig. 24 is an enlarged fragmentary view taken on line 24-24 of Fig. 21.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like characters indicate the same or similar parts, there is shown in Fig. 1 an assembly jig made in accordance with my invention comprising a table top 31 to the top of which are fixed a plurality of parallel spaced ribs 32, 32 which are spaced along the length of the table top with grooves 33, 33 between said ribs. Extending along the lower edge of table top 31, and projecting above the level of the tops of ribs 32, is a bottom mold stop 34. Slidably mounted in grooves 33 and 33' respectively are a plurality of support blocks 40, 40'. Fixedly mounted in the lower ends of grooves 33 and 33 and spaced from bottom mold stop 34 are a plurality of additional support blocks 41 and 41. At the longitudinal center of the table, adjoining bottom mold stop 34, is a center stop 35. Pivotally attached to center. stop 35 at 38 and 39 respectively are a pair of roof angle positioning bars 36 and 37, one for each side of jig 30. These positioning bars are thin strips which rest on the top surfaces. of ribs 32 and may be swung over said top surfaces to make any selected angle with bottom mold stop 34.

Means are provided for holding positioning bars 36 and 37 in selected positions. For positioning bar 36, this means comprises radially spaced holes .43 drilled through table top 31 (and ribs 32 as necessary) which receive a pin 44 attached to. and extending downwardly from positioning bar 36. At a shorterradius, another set of holes 4-5 is provided, which holes are adapted to receive an additional pin 46 extending downwardly from bar 36, as illustrated in Fig. 4. Referring to Fig. 1, the set of holes 45 extends above the illustrated position of bar 36, so that this bar may be positioned at steeper angles than could be accommodated by holes 43.

As best seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 3, a bottom mold recess 42 is provided between the adjacent surfaces 34a and 41a respectively of fixed support blocks 41. In the illustrated embodiment, bottom mold recess 42 has a curved portion 42a between the adjacent surfaces 35a and 41a respectively of center stop 35 and fixed support blocks 41, the surfaces of fixed block 41 being-appropriately curved as illustrated at 47 in Fig. 1 for receiving. a curved bottom mold for the panel. The corresponding blocks 41' on the right-hand side of jig 30 are symmetrically formed as indicated, so as to form a corresponding bottom mold recess for the curved bottom mold of the end wing panel for the opposite side of the awning.

Ribs 32, support blocks and 41, andthe corresponding ribs and support blocks on the right-hand side of the jig are shaped to support louver strips 61 in position for the assembly of a pair of end wing panels, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 2 and 20, as will be explained below. Means is provided for coordinating the angular position of the roof angle positioningbar and the projected length of the awning wing as measured along the bottommold stop, comprising a measuring scale disposed along. said bottom mold stop as indicated at 48. This provides convenient means for laying out a desired roof angle and length, or projection of the awning wing from the. wall of the building to which it is to be applied, and then measuring the required lengths of molding for building the end wing.

The completed end wing is illustrated in Figs. 17 and 21 and comprises a louvered panel 6% having a plurality of vertically disposed panel sections 61 having their bottom ends received in and secured to a U-shaped in cross section bottom mold 64 by screws 65, and having their top ends fastened to a fastener bar 66 by screws 67. Fastener bar 66 and the top ends of panel sections 61 are received in a top mold 69 which is also of U-shancd cross section. Bottom mold 64 and top mold 6; fastened together by a screw 70, as best shown in Fig. 23. Another screw 68 fastens together these two molds and the fastener bar 66.

As best shown in Fig. 19, fastener bar 66 is U-sitapet! in cross section with short legs 66a extending away from panel sections 61, and the heads of screws 67 are con fined below the ends of legs 66a. As shown in Fig. 23, top mold '69 is of U-shaped cross section having legs, one of which has an inwardly extending short flange 6% at its outer end, thereby providing a recess within top mold 691 for receiving fastener bar 66 with the heads of screws 67 spaced from the adjacent leg of top mold 69.

As best shown in Figs. and 24, the louvered panel sections 61 are shaped in transverse cross section with a flat portion 62 and an offset edge 63 offset in a direction perpendicular to fiat portion 62 so that each edge portion 63 is spaced from the adjacent edge of the next panel section 62 to provide a louver space 71 therebetween.

As shown in Figs. l8 and 23, bottom mold 64 is preferably formed from the same cross sectional form of mold as top mold 69, but with its flanged leg portion 64a on the opposite face of the panel.

As indicated in Figs. 3 and 18, along mold recess 42-42a ribs 32 and 32' preferably are cut down in height to a level 32a below the level 32b of the tops of ribs 32, so as to facilitate the insertion of panel sections 61 into bottom mold 64 above the flange portion 64a thereof.

As illustrated in Fig. l and explained above, jig is a double jig having similar parts on both sides of center stop 35 so that a pair of end wings of symmetrical shape to opposite hand may be formed simultaneously. The foregoing description has referred principally to the assembly of a left wing panel assembled on the left-hand portion of jig 30 as viewed in Figure 1, and the following description of the assembly of an end wing will refer to the assembly of this left-hand wing. The same procedure is followed in assembling the right-hand wing, the two end wings preferably being formed and assembled simultaneously.

Assembly procedure The desired roof angle and outward projection of the pair of end Wing panels is determined for the particular awning size and shape.

Roof angle positioning bar 36 is bent slightly to lift pins 44 and 46 out of the corresponding holes 43 and 45 and swung to the desired roof angle and lowered into position with pins 44 and 46 in the selected holes 43 and 45. Slidable support blocks are moved up against the lower edge of bar 36. The desired width of the end wing, that is its projection outwardly from the wall of the building, is laid off along scale 48 from a point below the desired position of the outer corner 72 of panel 60, measured to the left. The required length of the bottom mold 64 is next measured along mold space 42-42a, and the required length of the fastener bar 66 and of the top mold 69 are measured along roof angle positioning bar 36. A section of molding (Fig. 9) is bent to form the bottom mold as indicated in Fig. 10 and cut to the required length as indicated by the cut lines on the same figure. Top mold 69 is cut to the required length at an inclined out line edge indicated in Fig. 5, and fastener bar 66 is similarly cut along an inclined line as indicated 4 in the cut line in Fig. 7. Suitable lengths of panel sections are provided, each being at least long enough to extend from the bottom mold to the roof angle positioning bar, the lower ends of those adjacent the pointed end 72 of the finished panel being cut along line 61a as illustrated in Fig. 12.

Bottom mold 64 is placed in mold recess 42 with its leg portion 64a down. The several panel sections 61 are laid in position on support blocks 40 and 41 as best shown in Figures 13 and 20 and slid downwardly so that their bottom ends are received in the U-shaped bottom mold 64 as indicated in Fig. 18, and each panel section is then fastened to bottom mold 64 by drilling a hole through the top web of mold 64 and through panel section 61 and applying a self-tapping screw 65. Fastener bar 66 is then placed. on top of panel sections 61 with its fiat side down and with its upper edge along the lower edge of roof angle positioning bar 36. Its lower end is slid within bottom mold 64, and fastened to bottom mold 64 by drilling a hole and applying a self-tapping screw 63, as illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14. Each panel section 61 is then fastened to fastener bar 66 by at least one, and preferably two self-tapping screws 67 in a similar manner.

The end wing is then removed from the jig and the excess panel portions 61b (Fig. 16) are trimmed off along the upper edge of fastener bar 66. Screw 68 is now removed temporarily. Top mold 69 is next slid endwise over fastener bar 66 and the fixed panel sections 61 as indicated in Fig. 16, its lower end being forced into overlapping engagement with bottom mold 64, as best illustrated in Fig. 23. Bottom mold 64 is then fastened to top mold 69 and to fastener bar 66 by selftapping screws 68 and 70, as indicated in Fig. 23.

The opposite end wing having been assembled simultaneously on the right-hand side of assembly jig 30 the assembly of a pair of awning end wings is thus completed.

It will be seen that I have provided a novel method and means for the rapid and accurate assembly of louvered awning end wings. As numerous changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims, the single embodiment shown and described is to be considered as being illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

I claim as my invention:

1. An assembly jig for assembling an awning end wing, said end wing being of generally triangular shape having a channeled bottom mold, a fastener bar along the top fixed at one end to an end of said bottom mold, and a plurality of panel sections extending vertically between said bottom mold and said fastener bar, comprising a table top, a plurality of spaced parallel ribs on saidtable top, the top surfaces of said ribs being adapted respectively to support an olfset edge portion of each said panel section in position for assembly, support blocks resting on said table top in the spaces between said ribs, said blocks having upper surfaces spaced above the top surfaces of said ribs adapted to support the main portions of said panels above the respective offset edge portions thereof, an elongate bottom mold stop fixed to said table top, said stop extending parallel to said table top in a direction perpendicular to said ribs and projecting above said top surfaces thereof, a center stop fixed to said table top adjacent said bottom mold stop, said assembly jig having a bottom mold recess extending along said bottom mold stop and said center stop for holding said bottom mold in assembly position with its channeled side facing away from said bottom mold stop while said panel sections are slid along the top surfaces of said ribs and blocks to position their bottom ends in assembly position in said bottom mold, and a roof angle positioning bar pivoted at One of its ends to said center stop for swinging over the top surfaces of said ribs to a selected angular position with respect to said ribs so as to define the assembly position of said fastener bar.

2. An assembly fixture in accordance with claim 1 having means for coordinating the angular position of said roof angle positioning tar and the projected length of said end wing on said bottom mold stop when in assembled position on said fixture, comprising a measuring scale along said bottom mold stop.

3. An assembly fixture in accordance with claim 1 having some of said support blocks fixed to said table along said bottom mold recess, whereby said fixed support blocks may support the lower end portions of said panel sections and provide a boundary for said recess.

4. An assembly jig in accordance with claim 1 where in some of said support blocks are slidable along the spaces between said ribs, whereby said slidable support blocks may be slid into position against said roof angle positioning bar along the edge thereof adjacent said 6 bottom mold stop to support the upper end portions of said panel sections.

5. An assembly fixture in accordance with claim 1 having some of .said support blocks fixed to said table along said bottom mold recess for supporting the lower end portions of said panel sections and providing a boundary for said recess, others of said support blocks being slidable along the spaces between said ribs for supporting the upper end portions of said panel sections along said roof angle positioning bar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1 2,226,440 Parker Dec. 24, 1940 5 2,588,810 Dietrich Mar. 11, 1952 2,655,188 Catching Oct. 13, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent N0o 2,870,531 January 27-, 1959 Forrest 0 Hudson It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the said Letters Patent should read as corrected below.

Column 1, line 38, for "Serial No 5324 222." read Serial. No, 523,222

Signed and sealed this 5th day of May 195% (SEAL) Attest:

KARL Hp AXLINE Attesting Oificer ROBERT C. WATSON Commissioner of Patents 

